The core L1 consensus participation mechanism on Flare. Requires a minimum of 50,000 FLR and a 14-day minimum lockup. FIP.16 allocated 5x inflation weight to staking relative to C-Chain delegation.
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Staking
Depositing FLR to P-Chain validators to secure network consensus and earn yield.
Related terms
- Observation ModeInitial restricted launch mode verifying node stability before decentralized rollout.
- Canary NetworkAn incentivized, operational blockchain with real value tokens used to test features before mainnet.
- Coston / Coston2Developer testnets mirroring Songbird (Coston) and Flare Mainnet (Coston2).
- SGB (Songbird)The native cryptocurrency of the Songbird canary network.
- SongbirdThe operational canary network of Flare Network (Chain ID: 19).
- SparkThe original name for Flare's native token, officially renamed to FLR in 2022.